earth to victoria

To kick off the start of October my mom and I decided to go to the local movie theater and see the only horror movie they had playing, The Visit . I wasn't too sure about it judging by the previews, but I had multiple Facebook friends raving about the movie so I thought it was worth the seven dollar ticket.  Of course when we got there we were the only ones in the theater, so again we didn't have very high hopes, but to my surprise the movie was actually worth it, and dare I say, quite scary.   The movie was filmed to look like the main character, Becca, a fifteen year old girl, filmed it for a documentary she was making, so the movie might give you a bit of a headache at times, just like in The Blair Witch Project.   Anyway Becca's mom, Loretta, had a falling out with her parents and hadn't seen or spoken to them in over fifteen years.  Becca and her little brother Tyler, thirteen, had never met their grandparents before.   But apparently the...

Fall is my absolute favorite season, I can't say that enough, and this year I really want to try to make as many fall themed recipes as I possibly can.  Starting with pumpkin french toast.   I got this recipe from thelowercaseh !  Ingredients: 1/2 cup canned pumpkin 4 eggs 1/2 cup milk 2 Tablespoons brown sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon salt a pinch of orange zest about 10 slices of bread butter, for cooking Mix the pumpkin, eggs, milk, brown sugar, vanilla, spices, salt, and zest together until they're well combined. Soak both sides of bread in batter.  Battered bread can be cooked immediately or refrigerated overnight. Cook battered bread over medium heat in a lightly buttered skillet until golden brown on both sides. Serve with maple syrup.